Bierocks Recipe

This is an old German recipe handed down from generation to generation, using foods grown or raised on the family farm. I remember helping my grandmother make these when I could barely see over the kitchen table!—Ellen Batt, Hoisington, Kansas

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Directions

For dough, in a large bowl, combine 4 cups of flour, yeast, sugar and salt; mix well and set aside.

In a saucepan, heat water, milk and butter just until butter melts. Remove from heat and cool to 120°-130°. Combine with flour mixture; add eggs. Using an electric mixer, blend at low speed until moistened then beat at medium speed for 3 minutes. By hand, gradually stir in enough remaining flour to make a firm dough.

Knead on a floured surface about 10 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch dough down; let rise again until almost doubled.

Meanwhile, for the filling, brown beef with onion, salt and pepper; drain. Mix together with cabbage; set aside. Divide the dough into fourths. Roll each piece into a 15-in. x 10-in. rectangle. Cut into 5-inch squares. Spoon 1/3 to 1/2 cup filling onto each square. Bring the four corners up over the filling; pinch together to seal. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. Place on greased baking sheets.

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"This was a great bierock recipe. They bread was soft and well risen (not gooey) after baking. I used 4 teaspoons of yeast in the dough to give it extra lift. I also doubled the filling and used about 2/3 cup of filling per bierock. I'm very glad I doubled the filling. It made the bierocks full of goodness, not giant dough balls. Make sure you strain the filling and squeeze any moisture out of it before putting it in the bierock. Add a little shredded sharp cheddar before closing the dough for a little more kick.

"My grandmother, who was Volga Deutsch (Volga German-speaking Russian) brought this recipe from Russia in the early 1900's. She used German (or Italian) sausage and half cabbage, half (or more) sauerkraut for a more intense flavor. You can add a little caraway too, if you like. The miners used to take these frozen in their lunch pails and they would thaw by lunch time."

"This recipe came out so amazing! I love bierocks but it is so hard to find them. My school cafeteria used to serve them when I was growing up and I would always get double on Bierock Day. Then I lived in a city where a grocery store deli had them for sale and filled my addiction that way. I've always wanted to cook these, but I was afraid it would be really difficult for a beginner cook, like me. Finally, I got the courage to try making these myself and I found this recipe. I did everything just as directed. The seasoning is perfect and the bread came out so good! I will be making these again and again! The only problem I had was that the bread baking in the pan on the bottom oven rack got burnt a little, so maybe the baking time should be lessened? I'm not an experienced baker, so maybe someone else has a better idea on how not to burn the bottoms. In any case, they were still scrumptious!"